I am adding a few... Choose two characgters in the book. How are they the same? How are they different?
> It's always interesting to see what other people come up with, but I'll > bet this list could generate a set of generic comprehension questions > in less than a day. > > I'll start: > > Fiction: Choose two characters in the book. How are they the same? How are they different? What questions would you ask the characters if you could talk to them? Was there a problem in the story? If so how was it solved? How could the characters have prevented the problem in the first place? Why do you think the author wrote this story? What is the setting of the story (place and time)? Is the setting important to the story? Why or why not? > What can you tell us about the main character? > How are you like the main character? How are you different? > What is the most interesting thing that happened in the story? > Does this story teach the reader a lesson? > > Non-Fiction: Was there a diagram or chart? Why do you think the author put it in? > What does the author of this book want to teach us? > What is the most interesting thing you learned by reading this book? > What new questions do you have about (the subject)? > > Renee > > > On Jun 15, 2009, at 3:29 AM, Jennifer Olimpieri wrote: > >> .....I would love to see the list your principal came up with. Please >> share. Jennifer >> >> --- On Sat, 6/13/09, Jan Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> From: Jan Sanders <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Do we really need to teach explicit strategies? >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >> <[email protected]> >> Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 2:06 PM >> >> >> Heather- >> I have read the first 2 chapters of Readicide on-line and thought I >> would >> share... >> This past year (school is out already for me) my principal took on >> homework >> and the idea of getting kids to read. In the past teachers had the >> typical >> homework -read for 30 minutes and respond in writing, and a math or >> spelling >> or social studies assignment. Well, after reading Homework Without >> Tears >> and The Homework Myth (I think those are the titles), my principal >> decided >> (with teacher collaboration and agreement) that homework would be "just >> read". That's it. No written response ........... The principal >> even made up a list of comprehension questions that could be used to >> generate a conversation. > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
